Hippeastrum species trivia
German Roitman (Mon, 15 Dec 2003 17:06:46 PST)
Hello:
At 23:17 12/12/2003, you wrote:
Greetings All,
As for the trivia questions:
What is the largest flower of a diploid species Hippeastrum? (must be diploid
and species rank, non-hybrid; forma and variety acceptable) I'll accept more
than one correct answer as I feel it's a matter up for reasonable discussion.
The longer one i think its Hippeastrum parodii, perhaps H. ambiguum can be
as long in another condition.
What is the smallest growing, shortest, not necessisarily smallest flower,
Hippeastrum? (diploid again, species...etc.)
As far as i know, its Hippeastrum petiolatum although its not a diploid but
a good species, in fact is a natural sterile pentaploid, probably an hybrid
between H. aglaiae and H. striatum or H. reticulatum, when the natural
distribution of this species was overlapped.
Does anyone out there grow H. puniceum v. haywardii? Does it exist as H.
haywardii?
I have under culture H. puniceum i am not sure if H. haywardii exist.
Best wishes
Germán
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Germán Roitman
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